He got old. as we all do. Eventually.

But he does not even look like himself. Dana Delaney, Arnold Swarzenneggar, and Keifer Sutherland got old too. But they still look like the same people, just older. Is that really James Spader, or an imposter?

Biology cursed him with baldness. No matter, his look lends itself well to the character.

I'm working my way through Angel again. I would've watched Buffy first, but between the high school setting and it being a little too heavy on the girl power, it gets kind of grating.

The second season is on TV here tonight and I'm pretty excited about it.

Reddington really brings the show to life with the mystery surrounding him and I love his wicked sense of humour.

I'm currently re-watching the last few episodes of Book 3 of Legend of Korra, in preparation for Book 4's imminent release. Mind-blowing stuff.

I'm watching Stardust.

Easily one of my all-time favourite films, despite how cringeworthy it is towards the start.

I need to catch up on LoK...like, all but the first three episodes of the first season kind of catching up...

It's a really good show, definitely worth watching; Season 1 is good, Season 2 is quite ropey but worth watching and Season 3 is absolutely fantastic. Given me high hopes for Season 4.

I just watched a film where a man's wife is brutally murdered by a serial killer and his unborn son left physically disabled then in a twisted turn of events, his son is kidnapped and he has to chase the kidnapper thousands of miles with the help of a mentally disabled woman.

The movie is Finding Nemo.

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I have been watching Season 2 of Vikings. I have enjoyed it immensely. It is neat to see the grown-up Bjorn, played by Cato no less! I cannot remember the actor's actual name. But the first time I ever saw him was when he played Cato in Hunger Games. So that is probably how I will always remember him. He has turned out to be a cool guy.

It is also great to finally see Lagertha finally get out of the shadow of the men around her and make a destiny for herself that she deserves. I could see it back in the very first season (I think the first episode), in a little scene where she fondly runs her fingers over her old shield and sword, remembering times gone past, before she became a wife and a mother.

Athelstan too, really starts to shine here. His crucifixion was beautifully ironic. He is a man caught between worlds. With no clear answers. Now he has to make a fate for himself as well.

Rollo has a nice story arc here, as he finds not only redemption, but more importantly, he finds a purpose and sense of self that he never had before. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can get back up again. He's a great example of that.

Last of all Ragnar really steps up in this Season as well. He was an ambitious war leader in the first Season. Not only have his ambitions grown with his stature, but so has his brilliance. I just love how he deals with Jarl Borg. How can we have a viking show without a blood eagle after all!

Just watched the first part of The Hollow Crown, Richard II.

I'll be honest, I pretty much lost interest when Richard returned from Ireland. The second he set foot back in England it became overwhelmingly clear that he was bat-[censored] crazy, which kind of killed it for me. Still, I did better than when I tried reading Richard II, and was unable to get past the two ranting accusations at each other.

*Shrugs*

My Netflix queue just went into its annual hibernation because The Walking Dead and Homeland returned with excellent premiere episodes this past week!

Still working my way through The Hollow Crown. Watched parts one and two of Henry IV, much, much better than Richard II. Only Henry V to go.

The original Twilight Zone series. It's an alright series but some of their "life lessons" are a bit ridiculous at times.

Started watching Dracula a few days ago, the tv show with John Rhys-Davies-Meyers-King Henry VIII. It has me interested, though I am still not sure what to make of it. John Rhys' American accent sometimes makes me want to cringe. I am not entirely sure if it is because of the accent itself, or just because I am so used to his normal voice. That is my biggest complaint about the show though. At least so far.

I like that while his Dracula is a brutal killer, does still have some sense of empathy. Like when he found the woman he turned into a vampire locked up in a cage. The idea of him having a vendetta against the Order of the Dragon is interesting. My only misgiving is that so far the Order really doesn't seem like much of a challenge. I also wonder why did the Order make him a vampire in the first place, since among other things they appear to be vampire hunters?

I really liked his wireless lightbulb trick. That was something Nicola Tesla used to do. In fact, Dracula's professed dream of wireless energy was Teslas. I thought that was a really cool nod to a genius who has often gone forgotten.

I am really liking the guy playing Renfield. He is awesome. What a great direction to take the character! The guy playing Harkness seems flat to me though. Mina seems ok, but I am not thrilled with the "she looks exactly like my old girlfriend" trope. Haven't we done that enough times people? I was surprised to see Thomas Kretchsmann not playing a villain. Until I realized that he was! That is another interesting twist on an old character.

So I am three episodes in and still watching. That is farther than I often get with many shows.

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Watching Dracula has gotten me onto a Victorian kick. Over the weekend I watched the two new Sherlock Holmes movies starring Iron Man. Now I am digging through to collection to see what else I have. Looks like in no particular order I will probably be watching The Raven, From Hell, and Lincoln next (yeah, Lincoln is not exactly Victorian, but it is just across the pond). Maybe even To The Ends Of The Earth. Which also isn't Victorian, but it was a good mini-series.

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I saw Snowpiercer a few nights ago. It was alright. It reminded me of a mix of Noah's Ark and Metropolis (sans a female robot). It is nicely dark, with no one being entirely who they appear. Plus it had The Weird from The Good, The Bad, The Weird. Some of it really pushed my ability to suspend disbelief though. Especially the reanimating dead bad guy near the end. But all in all it was worth the rental.

I also finally finished Dracula today. It too was alright. But falls far short of being brilliant. On one hand it does an excellent job of portraying an antihero. Where Dracula is bad (he tends to be short-tempered, and people die in particularly gory ways when he gets mad), the Order of the Dragon is worse (they don't just kill people, but murder their entire families for shits and giggles). Like Nicola Tesla, Dracula is a champion of free energy, where the Order of the Dragon are a cabal of fossil fuel magnates *boo, hiss* It is definitely not difficult to root for Dracula in this show.

But I just could not give a crap about the whole romance plot with Mina and Harker and Dracula. Mina's character seems entirely pointless, except of course to serve as The Girlfriend. While Harker does serve a purpose and effect events, the actor playing him is so stiff and dull that I just cannot care about him one bit. I also noted that the show was not afraid to have gay characters. And was even quicker to kill them off. The only one who does survive the season isn't technically 'alive' anymore.

I started watching Penny Dreadful a few nights ago. Much better than Dracula! It has a cast of interesting characters, and skillfully weaves itself around some of the Victorian Era's most notable Horror Icons. Among the band of merry heroes (a term I use very loosely), are Dorian Grey and Dr. Frankenstein. Their ultimate goal to rescue Mina Harker from the clutches of the evil master vampire (I haven't heard his name yet, but I can guess that it starts with a 'D'... )

Eva Green turns in her usual cool, perceptive performance as a medium, who has something very nasty living inside her. I just saw the episode that showed her childhood with Mina. That was simply fantastic! No one here is very nice. Timothy Dalton is very cool as Mina's uncle, the aging African explorer. I find I like him a lot better now that he is older, than back in his Bond days.

What really surprised me is how much I am liking Josh Hartnett. I have never much been impressed with him, going back to the first time I saw him in Buffy. Too much a pretty boy. But like Tim Dalton, he is older now, the beard really helps, and he plays a very likeable Western Hero with some dark skeletons in his closet. William Piper even makes a nice appearance as a down on her luck Irish immigrant dying from consumption (tuberculosis).

The guy playing Dorian Grey doesn't do much for me. I keep thinking of Stuart Townsend's portrayal of the same character in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The movie wasn't great, but his performance as Dorian really made the character come alive for me. The thing is, I really do like the character of Dorian Grey in Penny Dreadful though. At first he just seems a bored, jaded, dilettante, as one would expect. But as we go deeper in they are revealing more depth to him, and an attraction to the darkness in some of the other characters around him. It is just that they actor they have playing him seems too young and boyish. It is hard to take him seriously.

And we even had a man on man kiss, between two of the main characters no less. And neither one of the died by the end of the episode!